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S.I. No. 331/2021 - European Communities (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021
Table of Provisions (14)
Statutory Text (14 Articles)
1. Commission Directive 2012/7/EU of 2 March 2012
3
,
2. Commission Regulation (EU) No 681/2013 of 17 July 2013
4
,
3. Commission Directive 2014/79/EU of 20 June 2014
5
,
4. Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 13
“14. Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1929 of 19 November 2019
2
.”
5. The following are revoked
(
a
) European Communities (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (
S.I. No. 13 of 2013
);
(
b
) European Communities (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (
S.I. No. 572 of 2015
);
(
c
) European Union (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (
S.I. No. 176 of 2017
);
(
d
) European Union (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2017 (
S.I. No. 568 of 2017
);
(
e
) European Union (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (
S.I. No. 295 of 2018
);
(
f
) European Union (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (
S.I. No. 362 of 2019
);
(
g
) European Communities (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (
S.I. No. 249 of 2021
).
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
6 July, 2021.
LEO VARADKAR,
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(
This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation
).
These Regulations give effect to two Commission Directives (Directive 2019/1922/EU of 18 November 2019 and Directive 2019/1929/EU of 19 November 2019). Directive 2019/1922/EU amends point 13 of part III of Annex II of the Toys Safety Directive (Council Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the Safety of Toys), regarding the migration limits for aluminium from toys or components of toys. Directive 2019/1929/EU amends Appendix C to Annex II of the Toys Safety Directive for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in certain toys, as regards formaldehyde.
1 OJ L 170, 30.6.2009, p.1
2 OJ L 299, 20.11.2019, p.51
1 OJ L 170, 30.6.2009, p.1
3 OJ L 64, 3.3.2012, p.7
4 OJ L 195, 18.7.2013, p.16
5 OJ L 182, 21.6.2014, p. 49
6 OJ L 183, 24.6.2014, p. 49
7 OJ L 192, 1.7.2014, p. 49
8 OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 17
9 OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 20
10 OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 23
11 OJ L 110, 27.4.2017, p. 6
12 OJ L 115, 4.5.2017, p. 47
13 OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 128
14 OJ L 122, 17.5.2018, p. 29
15 OJ L 298, 19.11.2019, p. 5
2 OJ L 299, 20.11.2019, p.51
6. Commission Directive 2015/2115/EU of 23 November 2015
8
,
7. Commission Directive 2015/2116/EU of 23 November 2015
9
,
8. Commission Directive 2015/2117/EU of 23 November 2015
10
,
9. Council Directive 2017/738/EU of 27 March 2017
11
,
10. Commission Directive 2017/774/EU of 3 May 2017
12
,
11. Commission Directive 2017/898/EU of 24 May 2017
13
,
12. Commission Directive 2018/725/EU of 16 May 2018
14
,
13. Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1922 of 18 November 2019
15
.”, and
(
d
) by renumbering the existing Schedule as Schedule 2.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
9
th July,
2021.
I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 3
of the
European Communities Act 1972
(No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009
1
, as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1929 of 19 November 2019
2
, hereby make the following regulations